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BRICK.

No. 268,569. Patented Deo. 54. 1882.

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ORNEY.

UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES STOKES, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,56Q, dated December 5, 1882.

Application tiled June 1, 1882. (No model.)

To atl 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHARLEs SToKEs, a citizen Vof the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in -Bricks for AdvertisingPurposes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a face view of a brick embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a vertical section thereof in line x x, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is aview of a pavement illustrating the use of the invention.

'Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. My invention consists of bricks formed with letters or numbers which are adapted for advertising and ornamental purposes, said letter-sand ornamentalcharacters being produced by inserting in the soft clay from which the bricks are made soft pieces of similar clay of different color of the shape of the letters or numbers, and then baking the molded dclay as usual, the bricks thus being apparently homogeneous and of usual shape and size, with welldened letters or numbers on their faces.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a brick, and B a letter, &c., on the face thereof. .In the formation of the brick the cla-y is molded as usual, and in one or both faces thereof I insert in a depression therein a letter or letters of the alphabet, or a number,

formed of the same clay, but of different color -and in a soft condition, and then place the brick in a kiln and burn it as usual, the effect whereof is to produce a well-defined letter orletters andv number or numbers, and secure them in a 'firm and immovable manner to the brick as one solid body, the size and shape and other features of the brick being the same as those in bricks in general use.

It will be seen that the insertedletter or number of each brick is flush with the exposed face thereof, and it wears away uniformly with the body of the brick, so as to be continually exposed. The bricks as thus constructed are laid to form names, word s, and numbers, which attract the attention of the passers-by, and thus constitute an interesting, inexpensive, and durable method of advertising on the sidewalk, of which the inserted letters, Suc., are an integral' part.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The advertisin g-brick havin g a letter or number, which is previously formed of soft clay or earth similar to the brick, but of diiiferent color, inserted in the body of the brick and bur-ned withvit, substantially as and for theV purposes set forth.

CHARLES STORES. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

